2011 Ipswich Borough Council election

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2011 Ipswich Borough Council election
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16 of the 48 seats
25 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Last election23187
Seats won1240
Seats after28164
Seat changeIncrease2.svg5Decrease2.svg2Decrease2.svg3
Popular vote17,52213,6754,798
Percentage47.4%37.0%13.0%
Ipswich UK local election 2011 map.svg
Map showing the 2011 local election results in Ipswich.
Council control before election

No overall control

Council control after election

Labour

Elections for Ipswich Borough Council were held on Thursday 5 May 2011. One third of the seats were up for election and the Labour Party gained control of the council, which had previously been run under by a Conservative - Liberal Democrat coalition since 2004.

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was: [1]

Ward results

Alexandra

Alexandra
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Harvey Crane 1,158 49.5%
Liberal Democrats Jane Chambers57724.7%
Conservative Roy Flood44919.2%
Green Jane Scott1556.6%
Majority58124.8%
Turnout 2,339
Liberal Democrats hold

Bixley

Bixley
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Kym Stroet 1,518 55.4%
Labour Kanthasamy Elavalakan83330.4%
Liberal Democrats Clive Witter38814.2%
Majority68525.0%
Turnout 2,739
Conservative hold

Bridge

Bridge
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Philip Smart 1,150 55.7%
Conservative James Spencer71234.5%
Liberal Democrats Juliet Groves2049.9%
Majority43821.2%
Turnout 2,066
Labour hold

Castle Hill

Castle Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative David Goldsmith 1,262 51.4%
Labour John Harris83734.1%
Liberal Democrats Robin Whitmore1807.3%
Green Jennifer Overett1747.1%
Majority42517.3%
Turnout
Conservative hold

Gainsborough

Gainsborough
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Martin Cook 1,263 62.3%
Conservative Carol Debman62330.7%
Liberal Democrats Jill Atkins1417.0%
Majority64031.6%
Turnout 2,027
Labour hold

Gipping

Gipping
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Peter Gardiner 1,204 61.0%
Conservative Maureen Springle54427.6%
Liberal Democrats Stuart McHardy22611.4%
Majority66033.4%
Turnout 1,974
Labour hold

Holywells

Holywells
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Liz Harsant 968 44.6%
Labour Kenneth Douglas87540.3%
Liberal Democrats Rebecca Robinson2139.8%
Independent Dale Jackson1145.3%
Majority934.3%
Turnout 2,170
Conservative hold

Priory Heath

Priory Heath
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour William Knowles 1,290 60.3%
Conservative Oliver Hartley60528.3%
Liberal Democrats Mathew Baker24411.4%
Majority68532.0%
Turnout 2,139
Labour hold

Rushmere

Rushmere
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Tracy Grant 1,490 50.5%
Conservative Stephen Ion1,21541.2%
Liberal Democrats Gareth Jones2468.3%
Majority2759.3%
Turnout 2,951
Labour gain from Conservative

Sprites

Sprites
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Roger Fern 1,202 57.0%
Conservative Robert Hall78137.0%
Liberal Democrats Kenneth Toye1266.0%
Majority42120.0%
Turnout 2,109
Labour hold

St John's

Sprites
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Neil Macdonald 1,534 56.1%
Conservative Edward Phillips94834.7%
Liberal Democrats Richard Hardacre2539.3%
Majority58621.4%
Turnout 2,735
Labour hold

St Margaret's

St Margaret's
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Karen Stokes 1,167 37.0%
Liberal Democrats Kathy French1,10735.1%
Labour Kimberley Cook67121.3%
Green Amy Drayson2116.7%
Majority601.9%
Turnout
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Stoke Park

Stoke Park
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Barry Studd 985 47.1%
Conservative Richard Pope87641.9%
Green Barry Broom1296.2%
Liberal Democrats Kevin Lock1034.9%
Majority1095.2%
Turnout 2,093
Labour gain from Conservative

Westgate

Westgate
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Julian Gibbs 972 49.4%
Conservative Lee Reynolds43522.1%
Liberal Democrats Timothy Lockington39119.9%
Green John Mann1718.7%
Majority53727.3%
Turnout 1,969
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Whitehouse

Whitehouse
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Martin Goonan 950 52.1%
Conservative Pamela Stewart63234.7%
Liberal Democrats Robert Chambers24113.2%
Majority31817.4%
Turnout 1,823
Labour hold

Whitton

Whitton
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Stephen Connelly 1,108 50.2%
Conservative Michelle Bevan-Margetts94042.6%
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Jacob1587.2%
Majority1687.6%
Turnout 2,206
Labour hold

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